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Stephen Curry

Stephen Curry advanced stats and career rankings

RolePG · Age 37
Availability43 games · 41 starts
Workload30.9 MPG · 1,329 minutes
Relative impactGSW #1 of 12 · PG #3 of 70
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceEstablished

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #4–#155

Bottom line · 2025–26

Stephen Curry delivered an elite 2025–26 campaign, ranking 7th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 7th, led by high-volume, efficient scoring. With only about 1,300 minutes, he finished in the 94th percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Stephen Curry's impact

395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value

Impact Rate
98
97.8
Season Value
94
87.5

Scoring role

Usage
98
32.5%
True shooting
89
63.7%
3-point attempt rate
83
60.6%
Free-throw rate
62
27.7%

Creation and control

Assist rate
89
27.0%
Turnover avoidance
53
11.9%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
21
6.5%
Steal rate
64
1.8%
Block rate
43
1.2%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
98
+3.61
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
14
−1.46

Workload

Minutes per game
83
30.9
Games played
14
43
Total minutes
47
1,329

Farther right means more of the named trait, not automatically better basketball. Turnover avoidance reverses turnover rate. Lineup rows exclude players below the 1,000-possession lineup-sample floor.

Every season

Stephen Curry advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

SeasonTeamAgeGPMPEra-centered box impactImpact RateRate rankSeason ValueValue percentileEvidence
2025–26live modelGSW37431,329+6.8197.8#787.594thEstablished
2024–25GSW36702,252+7.0098.7#6416.899thStrong
2023–24GSW35742,421+4.9597.0#12347.997thStrong
2022–23GSW34561,941+7.5998.4#7393.898thStrong
2021–22GSW33642,211+5.2497.7#10328.398thStrong
2020–21GSW32632,152+8.7699.7#2493.0100thStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateGSW315139-1.07——2.7—Limited
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateGSW30692,331+7.3098.4#7455.899thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateGSW29511,631+8.9699.7#2370.897thStrong
2016–17Historical Defense EstimateGSW28792,638+7.3297.8#9511.198thStrong
2015–16Historical Defense EstimateGSW27792,700+11.95100.0#1778.9100thStrong
2014–15Historical Defense EstimateGSW26802,613+9.81100.0#1631.9100thStrong
2013–14Historical Defense EstimateGSW25782,846+6.9098.8#5507.699thStrong
2012–13Historical Defense EstimateGSW24782,983+4.8798.9#5403.299thStrong
2011–12Historical Defense EstimateGSW2326732+4.9497.7#997.677thEstablished
2010–11Historical Defense EstimateGSW22742,489+3.2093.4#24255.794thStrong
2009–10Historical Defense EstimateGSW21802,896+1.2080.4#67193.589thStrong

Career movement

Stephen Curry's career impact by season

Peak +11.95 in 2015–16 · 17 seasons · 36,304 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.

Era-centered box impactMinutes
Across-era box estimateWorkload

Career comparison

Compare the shape, not the calendar

Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.

Stephen CurryJames Harden

NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15

Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to Stephen Curry

The score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and trajectory aligned by NBA experience. It describes career shape, not playing style or equal ability.

SG · All-Time Career #19

James Harden

86%

career match

91% season match · 2015–16 ↔ 2018–19PG · All-Time Career #16

Chris Paul

83%

career match

88% season match · 2015–16 ↔ 2008–09SG · All-Time Career #25

Dwyane Wade

83%

career match

92% season match · 2015–16 ↔ 2008–09SF · All-Time Career #18

Kevin Durant

82%

career match

82% season match · 2015–16 ↔ 2015–16SG · All-Time Career #30

Tracy McGrady

82%

career match

87% season match · 2015–16 ↔ 2002–03PG · All-Time Career #11

Magic Johnson

80%

career match

85% season match · 2015–16 ↔ 1989–90

Why this rank?

Why Stephen Curry ranks #7

The current model starts with box production, checks it against multi-season lineup evidence, caps that correction, then accounts for how many minutes the player was trusted to play each game.

01 · Box-score prior+3.13

Prior rank #7

02 · Multi-season RAPM+3.37

Current total +2.77 ±0.9
Split model · O +3.61 · D -1.46 = +2.15

03 · Bounded correction+0.09

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+3.22

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate97.8

97.8 unadjusted · 100% role factor · rank #7

RAPM estimates lineup impact while controlling for the other nine players on the floor. The multi-season blend, current total model, and current offensive/defensive split are separate estimates, so they need not equal one another. hussEyquation uses the multi-season signal as a bounded correction, not as a standalone verdict.

What the point estimate meansLow precision

The model's 80% impact interval is +0.91 to +5.42. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
49%
Top 50 chance
65%
Top 100 chance
81%
80% rank range
#4–#155
How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played. The career ranking rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →